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Look up the number in the Hebrew dictionary if it is a word used in the Old Testament. Look up the number in the Greek dictionary if it is a word used in the New Testament. We are studying the word "begotten" as it is used in John 3:16. Since it is a New Testament word we will look up number 3439 in the Greek dictionary. This is how the listing in the Greek dictionary looks:

NASB ©GreekStrong'sOrigin
"For Godθεὸς
(theos)		2316: God, a godof uncertain origin
soοὕτως
(outōs)		3779: in this way, thusadverb from houtos,
lovedἠγάπησεν
(ēgapēsen)		25: to loveof uncertain origin
the world,κόσμον
(kosmon)		2889: order, the worlda prim. word
that He gaveἔδωκεν
(edōken)		1325: to give (in various senses lit. or fig.)redupl. from the root do-
His only begottenμονογενῆ
(monogenē)		3439: only begottenfrom monos and genos
Son,υἱὸν
(uion)		5207: a sona prim. word
that whoeverπᾶς
(pas)		3956: all, everya prim. word
believesπιστεύων
(pisteuōn)		4100: to believe, entrustfrom pistis
in Him shall not perish,ἀπόληται
(apolētai)		622: to destroy, destroy utterlyfrom apo and same as olethros
but haveἔχῃ
(echē)		2192: to have, holda prim. verb
eternalαἰώνιον
(aiōnion)		166: agelong, eternalfrom aión
life.ζωὴν
(zōēn)		2222: lifefrom zaó

The numbers in brackets ( ) do not appear in the dictionary. These are coded to the following explanations:

(1) This is the number by which you find the Greek word.

(2) This is the word written in Greek.

(3) This shows how the word is pronounced in Greek.

(4) This shows the division of the word into syllables (parts) and where the accent (emphasis) is placed when you say the word in Greek.

(5) This provides the numbers of the "root" words for the word "begotten.” These are the original words from which the word "begotten" came. (You can look these up in the Greek dictionary too if you desire. Look them up by their numbers).

(6) This gives the meaning of the word "begotten."

When you do not understand the meaning of a word in the Bible this method of word study will help you. You will learn more about word study later in this course.